On questions and good answers!

10/16/2014
On questions and good answers

  By Ashleigh Prince out&about is my personal journey of discovery asking questions and getting more informed. I want to share my findings with you so we can travel the journey together. While I was picking a few items up in my local Whole Foods, I grabbed my usual bag of organic walnuts that are the…

Dirt!

10/06/2014
Dirt! The movie

Dirt! Inspired by William Bryant Logan’s acclaimed book Dirt: The Ecstatic Skin of the Earth The Movie takes a humorous and substantial look into the history and current state of the living organic matter that we come from and will later return to. Dirt! The Movie will make you want to get dirty!

Challenge of the month: apples

10/06/2014
ecogal Challenge of the Month

Pick an organic apple, take a big bite and enjoy its healthy sweet juice! “An apple a day keeps the doctor away” so we say… not without good reason. The malic and tartaric acids of the apple particularly benefit people of sedentary habits as they neutralize the acid products of indigestion. It is a very…

Sugar, the bitter truth

09/21/2014
The metabolism of Glucose and Fructose

Fructose consumption (as both high fructose corn syrup and sucrose) has increased coincidentally with the worldwide epidemics of obesity and metabolic syndrome. Fructose is a primary contributor to human disease as it is metabolized in the liver differently to glucose, and is more akin to that of ethanol. When consumed in large amounts, fructose promotes…

Oh, Sugar, Oh…

09/21/2014
Sugar

Processed foods ingredients we have in our pantries are far from being nutritious. There are not enough Omega 3 (seeds, fish), fibers and micronutrients (vegetables, fruits) and too much trans-fat (hydrogenated oils), Omega 6 (vegetable oils), alcohol and SUGAR. The American Heart Association states that we shouldn’t eat more than 6 to 9 teaspoons of…